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Easter Books

Recorded cassette (RC) and braille (BR) copies of these books about Easter are available from the Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library. Easter is on April 8 this year. Please contact the library to order any of these books. Electronic braille versions of books in this list are available to registered Web-Braille readers and are listed as links.

Grades PK-2
Grades K-3
Grades 2-4
Grades 3-6
Grades 4 and up

Grades PK-2

  • The Easter egg farm by Mary Jane Auch.
    Print/Braille. Pauline, who lives in Mrs. Pennywort's henhouse, is a most unusual hen. Pauline lays eggs that come out looking like whatever object she concentrates on. The other hens think that her eggs are ugly, but Mrs. Pennywort finds them beautiful, and she and Pauline work together to open an Easter egg farm. For preschool-grade 2.
    • BR 9903
  • The Easter bunny that overslept by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich.
    After sleeping through the holiday, the Easter bunny tries to give away his beautifully painted eggs on Mother's Day, the Fourth of July, and Halloween but no one wants them. Finally, at Christmastime, Santa gets him back on track. For preschool-grade 2.
    • RC 59226
    • BR 16010
  • The sugar snow spring by Lillian Hoban.
    When Everett Mouse mysteriously disappears, young Oscar Mouse must take on his father's responsibilities just as his mother is about to have another baby mouse. But with the help of the Easter Bunny, everything works out fine. For preschool-grade 2.
    • RC 27690

Grades K-3

  • Minnie and Moo: the attack of the Easter bunnies by Denys Cazet.
    Cow friends Minnie and Moo enlist the other farm animals to dress up as Easter bunnies and surprise the farmer's grandchildren. Easy chapter book. For grades K-3.
    • RC 58640
  • The country bunny and the little gold shoes by DuBose Heyward.
    When one of the five fleet-footed Easter Bunnies slows down, a country mother of twenty-one cottontail babies proves that she is wise, kind, and swift. Grandfather Bunny chooses her to be a new Easter Bunny! For grades K-3.
    • RC 60887
  • Bently and egg by William Joyce.
    Bently, a shy, singing frog, would do anything for his best friend Kack Kack the duck-even take care of her silly egg while she goes to visit her sister. From boredom, Bently, who also likes to draw, paints the egg beautifully, and it is immediately snatched by a horrid boy who mistakes it for an Easter Egg. Bently goes on a daring mission to rescue the egg. For grades K-3.
    • RC 36650
  • The egg tree by Katherine Milhous.
    Caldecott Medal. A houseful of Pennsylvania Dutch cousins enjoy an exciting Easter egg hunt. Katy's discovery of pretty eggs decorated by her grandmother long ago leads to a new family tradition. For grades K-3.
    • RC 60891
    • BR 6109
  • Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco.
    Print/Braille. A young girl of Russian-Jewish ancestry is best friends with two boys who are African-Americans, and considers their gramma, Miss Eula, her gramma, since her babushka has died. She sometimes goes to the Baptist church where Miss Eula sings. When the children hear Miss Eula wish for an Easter hat, they plot to buy it for her. For grades K-3.
    • BR 8971
  • Rechenka's eggs by Patricia Polacco.
    Print/Braille. Babushka always wins first prize at the Easter Festival in Moskova for her beautifully painted eggs. When Rechenka, a goose, breaks the precious eggs, they are miraculously replaced. For grades k-3 to share with older readers.
    • BR 7914
  • Juanita by Leo Politi.
    Juanita, a little Mexican girl who lives on Olvera Street in Los Angeles, celebrates both her fifth birthday and the blessing of the animals on the day before Easter. For grades K-3.
    • BR 2657
  • Easter egg disaster by Karen Gray Ruelle.
    Harry and Emily, cat brother and sister, make a mess when they dye Easter eggs and hide them to surprise their parents. Beginning chapter book. For grades K-3.
  • The bunny who found Easter by Charlotte Zolotow.
    After an owl tells a lonely rabbit that there are always rabbits at Easter, the bunny turns east, looking for what he believes is a place called Easter. He searches from summer through winter until spring arrives and he learns the true meaning of Easter. For grades K-3.

Grades 2-4

  • Easter Parade by Eloise Greenfield.
    Chicago, 1943. Young Leanna, her cousin Elizabeth in Washington, D.C., and their mothers prepare for Easter. They all worry about Elizabeth's father, a soldier fighting overseas. On Sunday the two families each walk to church in their finery. For grades 2-4 and older readers.
    • RC 59224
  • Ribbit riddles by Katy Hall and Lisa Eisenberg.
    A collection of riddles and jokes about frogs. Example: Who brings baskets of eggs to little frogs in the spring? The Easter Ribbit! For grades 2-4.
  • The blazing hills by Sibyl Hancock.
    Young Sarah quiets the fears of her young brother and sister by making up an Easter story to explain the Indian signal fires that surround the village on Easter Eve. Based on an 1846 incident in Fredericksburg, Texas. For grade 2-4.
    • RC 10451

Grades 3-6

  • Easter by Aileen Lucia Fisher.
    An account of the Holy Week events tells the history of many of its customs, including those with religious origins and those descended from pre-Christian celebrations of springtime. For grades 3-6.
    • RC 14495
  • Every day's a holiday: amusing rhymes for happy times by Dean R Koontz.
    Collection of poems celebrating holidays ranging from real ones like Easter through imaginary ones like Gravity Day and international ones like Cinco de Mayo to not-quite holidays like snow days. For grades 3-6.
    • RC 58025
  • Easter poems by Myra Cohn Livingston.
    A collection of poems on Easter themes, including translations from Russian and German, John Ciardi, William Jay Smith, Hilda Conkling, and Joan Aiken are a few of the authors represented. For grades 3-6 and older readers.
    • RC 24445
    • BR 6531

Grades 4 and up

  • Lilies, rabbits, and painted eggs: the story of the Easter symbols by Edna Barth.
    Traces the history of Easter symbols from their Christian and pagan origins to such present-day additions as rabbits and new clothes. Several activities are included in this edition. For grades 4-7.
  • To every season: a family holiday cookbook by Jane Breskin Zalben.
    Presents a brief history of holidays throughout the calendar year with recipes for traditional favorites. Covers New Year's, Valentine's, St. Patrick's, April Fools', Easter, Passover, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas. For grades 4-7 and older readers.
  • Don't you wish by Robin Jones Gunn.
    Sierra is thrilled to be going to California over Easter vacation to visit Christy Miller and other missionary friends. When Sierra's older sister Tawni unfortunately tags along, Sierra's jealousy almost ruins the trip. For junior and senior high readers.
    • RC 60115